AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i7-9700F

Compare AMD 6 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-9700F

Price

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$ 130.00

$ 116.50 significantly less expensive

$ 246.50

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4161 points

5091 points

22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points

7520 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points

4300 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points

4118 points

26% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3860 points

5225 points

35% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points

109.06 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5905 points

6336 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1536 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1492 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5889 points

6401 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points

1584 points

0.76% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.7 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

49% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

166% significantly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089

339th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Core i7-9700F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9700F is faster than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9700F has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Indeed, the Core i7-9700F has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3500X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3500X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-9700F. Despite this, the Core i7-9700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 3500X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700F. The Ryzen 5 3500X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.